Hairstylist openly talking about prepping

[stamphappy]

DH and I were in town and I decided to go to a walk-in place for a haircut. There were 2 workers, one a young gal and one a gal my age (late 40s). As we were chit-chatting, the older one asks about the coming winter and what I thought about it.

I had no idea what she was talking about and I asked her what she meant.

She said she has heard there might be a breakdown of society and we should all start preparing by stockpiling food and water. She also said that we need get lots of peanut butter and we can put food under our beds and whatnot. She went on and on about places to stockpile food in your house, even if you have a mobile home (rodent proof containers placed in the underskirt). She talked non-stop about a SHTF event the entire time we were there.

I thought her speech was so interesting to have happen out of the blue. The younger gal just kinda made hmmm noises. DH & I didn't confirm our prepper mindset, but we did chitchat. We were not dressed like John Malkovich in Red, we weren't wearing cammo nor carrying, we just looked like a couple of city folk in for a haircut.

I'm also seeing more requests for homestead type items in the "wanted" section of Craigslist lately.

I am finding, like NickieL, that the scales are being removed from many more eyes as more and more people 'wake up' to the uncertainties in our world.

[Common Tator]

That is great! when it comes to prepping, the more the merrier!

[NickieL]

It seems lately that "prepping" has become an in fad lately with all the news meadia lately about it.

[MO_cows]

Reminds me of Y2K. Everybody and their dog was prepping in case the world's computers all crashed at the turn of the millenium and society as we know it was gone. Nothing happened so a lot of them have gone back to their former ways.

Just this year, we have been thru floods in the north, drought in the south, the worst tornado outbreaks in history, and now we have civil unrest all over the country. Not to mention the economy is still in the toilet, the national debt is staggering, we are at war all over the world, etc. There has been enough troubling news delivered to the public lately to encourage prepping again. Even a TV show about it.

[julieq]

Our hairdresser knows we're preppers! She's pretty much in tune with our views, so it's a social occasion when we all three go in for haircuts.

[stamphappy]

Today our local Gun Range was having a demonstration on freeze dried foods. DH & I took our 2 boys. We had a great time and enjoyed meeting some like minded folks. The food was very delicious, especially the freeze dried fruits which tasted like candy, and the freeze dried corn--it too was very sweet and could be popped into your mouth like candy.

Anyway, there were so many people at the event; about 30+. After the event, the demonstrator said that he had no idea so many people were interested. He represented a company called Thrive. He was similar to a tupperware salesman and he said that business was booming.

[Sanza]

I'm a hairstylist and I talk about it all the time with my customers....but out here it's common to do a lot of gardening and canning and buying in bulk and almost everyone has their own "store" in their basement. It's very seldom I buy anything that isn't on sale, and it's always been this way for a lot of us.

[stamphappy]

Sanza, thank you for making lots of people aware and educating them. You have the perfect job to reach a wide variety of people quickly and efficiently. And they are a captive audience so to speak!

[sweetbabyjane]

I met a lady on vacation last month and she is a Thrive representative. She was very nice and we hit it off right away. Since then I have ordered from her and and have been pleased with the service. I had been looking for something like Thrive for a couple of years, but the closest I could find was the LDS Storehouses. Too far for me and not enough variety. Thrive has all kind of food in #10 cans (and other sizes, including buckets). They are good for 20 years unopened, and 1 year to 1 1/2 years after being opened. They have meat and beans, vegees, fruits, dairy, & more--everything you could need. Very easy to figure out how much of each you need for a year's worth of food with their pre-planned packages. Decent prices, too and the shipping is reasonable. Thrive reps will even come to your house and hold a party, and you get 10% of the sales in free food. Lots more but I was SO excited to find a source of long term storage food with a rep right in my area! (N. FL/ S. Ga)

If anyone is interested, you can google her storefront by typing gloriastuckey.shelfreliance.com in a search field. Her e-mail (she okayed me posting this) is j-glo (at) comcast (dot) net. I was very happy with my transaction and plan to order from her again.


SBJ

[Cabin Fever]

Yeah, I told my heairstylist that we are preppers and are learning to do more by ourselves. He agreed that the more you do for yourself and the less reliant you are on others is a good thing.

I then asked him if he could recommend any good books on DIY hairstyling and what combs and scissors he would recommend.

[Bulldog 6]

Everyone in my area is talking prepping, homesteading, or full blown survivalist stuff. I am starting to feeling like the majority here. I'm thinking of giving my tin foil hat to someone in the minority groups!

[Sanza]

Originally Posted by stamphappy

Sanza, thank you for making lots of people aware and educating them. You have the perfect job to reach a wide variety of people quickly and efficiently. And they are a captive audience so to speak!

LOL you got it mixed up a bit though! Some of my customers are educating me on how things were done 50 - 60 years ago. The elderly have a wealth of information of the tried and true methods before all our modern conveniences.

No matter what we know about a certain thing there is always a different view and different way of doing it, and I can get all sorts of opinions any given day on any given topic. (It also makes them feel good that I'm actually interested in what they're saying)

I've gotten instructions on things from smoking out the lice in a chicken coop to where are the optimal spots (terrain) to find wild mushrooms, berries or how to "stovepipe" a male animal to neuter it,etc.

Even the young ones just setting up houses have some great ideas on all the newest products out in the market that an older person like me might not look at because we've bought a certain brand for 40 years.

A few years ago I was giving an 80+ yr old a perm and she talked the whole 2 hours about how to make a clay oven - starting with "cut willows and soak in water so you can bend and shape them". Well this summer I finally made my clay oven following some of her instructions.

I still need to get together with an older friend so she can teach me to card wool.

[Sanza]

Cabin fever I show mothers the proper way to cut their kids bangs so they don't make messes that can't be quick fixed.